The disconnect between the UK’s politicians and ethics is becoming ever clearer. As John Crace notes in The Guardian today, Kemi Badenoch was in action
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A politics of care will be needed
RobertJ wrote this in a comment on the blog last night (I have edited only very slightly, for presentation purposes): The problem [we have] is
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Glossary entry: sectoral balances
I posted this new glossary entry yesterday afternoon. I was astonished to find I had not written an entry on sectoral balances before now, so
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Are government debt and trade deficits linked – and does it matter?
I was asked this question on the blog yesterday by Anja Cradden: I have a slightly related, slightly tangential question… is there a relationship between
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Why politicians won’t fix affordability
Across the UK and beyond, politicians talk endlessly about affordability — yet nothing improves. Why? Because they are blaming inflation when the real issue is
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January 6 and the Power of Inaction
We published this YouTube Short on the fifth anniversary of the events of January 6, 2021, this lunchtime. This is the transcript: It’s January 6,
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Most people in Scotland think Nigel Farage is a racist
As The National (for whom I write, to make my biases clear) has reported this morning: MOST Scots believe Nigel Farage is a racist, an exclusive poll
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Because a few are seeking to exploit the many the world must live in fear
Watching the news over the last day or so has been unsettling. It is already clear that the Trump regime in the US does not
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Cambridge, 28 February 2026
With Christmas and New Year well and truly over, it seems like a good time to remind you that we are holding an in-person event
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